Monday, December 8, 2008

christmas time is near

it's starting to look more like christmas around here. this weekend john took on the brave task of decorating the outside of the house.a trip to lowe's and one big extension pole later, this is what we ended up with.

not too bad, huh?

remember our pumpkin carving party?it's a shame to throw away all of those awesome pumpkins.plus, times are tough. we have to get creative.so we made this (or should i say, we made him):

he has a grand spot on our front porch so he can say hello to all our visitors (you know, the mail man, uncle jay and the neighbor's cat).

still lots more to do and not too much time left to do it.josh reminded me just tonight, only 17 days until the big day!

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie“…when some doctor tells you “Your child won’t…” or “Don’t get your hopes up,” don’t you dare sell your child out and buy into that… defeatist attitude. Sometimes all it takes is a belief that it can happen, the determination to create the possibilities —the right environment, the right people— and the ability to love your child more than you fear their labels and limitations.”
Niksmom, Maternal Instincts blog

"It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights. I might never have learned this in any other way. I may have gone on in the arrogance of my own intolerance for those less able than myself. My child taught me humanity."
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl S. Buck

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
Anna Quindlen, Author

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein, Inventor